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Games like 9 Years of Shadows, The Witcher 3 and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 30 of them like more than one.

9 Years of Shadows
9 Years of Shadows
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

Like more than one of them

30 games close to two or more of 9 Years of Shadows, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered and ELDEN RING

  1. 1

    ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

    9 Years of Shadows, but dark fantasy, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Metroidvania · Action RPGAlso like ELDEN RING and The Witcher 3

  2. 2

    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

    The Witcher 3, but first-person, and half the hours

    Loved · 95%Open world · FantasyAlso like ELDEN RING and 9 Years of Shadows

  3. 3

    DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin

    ELDEN RING, but not open world

    Liked · 84%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like The Witcher 3

  4. 4

    DARK SOULS: REMASTERED

    ELDEN RING, but not open world, and darker

    Loved · 92%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like The Witcher 3 and 9 Years of Shadows

  5. 5

    Hogwarts Legacy

    The Witcher 3, but half the hours

    Loved · 90%Magic · Open worldAlso like 9 Years of Shadows and ELDEN RING

  6. 6

    Middle-earth: Shadow of War

    The Witcher 3, but stealthy, and gorier

    Liked · 89%Open world · FantasyAlso like ELDEN RING

  7. 7

    The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

    The Witcher 3, but first-person, and half the hours

    Loved · 95%Open world · FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows and ELDEN RING

  8. 8

    Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

    The Witcher 3, but with dragons

    Liked · 88%Open world · FantasyAlso like ELDEN RING and 9 Years of Shadows

  9. 9

    GreedFall

    The Witcher 3, but more divisive

    Mixed · 76%Choices Matter · Open worldAlso like ELDEN RING and 9 Years of Shadows

  10. 10

    Dread Delusion

    The Witcher 3, but 3D, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 90%Open world · Dark FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows and ELDEN RING

  11. 11

    Fable - The Lost Chapters

    The Witcher 3, but a quarter of the hours

    Loved · 92%Choices Matter · FantasyAlso like ELDEN RING and 9 Years of Shadows

  12. 12

    Two Worlds: Epic Edition

    The Witcher 3, but a tenth of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 78%Open world · MedievalAlso like ELDEN RING and 9 Years of Shadows

  13. 13

    Lords of the Fallen

    ELDEN RING, but a quarter of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 68%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like The Witcher 3 and 9 Years of Shadows

  14. 14

    Hollow Knight

    9 Years of Shadows, but harder, and four times the hours

    Loved · 97%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  15. 15

    Drova - Forsaken Kin

    The Witcher 3, but 2D

    Loved · 94%Open world · Choices MatterAlso like ELDEN RING

  16. 16

    Avowed

    The Witcher 3, but first-person, and more divisive

    Mixed · 77%Fantasy · MagicAlso like ELDEN RING and 9 Years of Shadows

  17. 17

    Tails of Iron

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and a tenth of the hours

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Action RPGAlso like 9 Years of Shadows and The Witcher 3

  18. 18

    Risen

    The Witcher 3, but gothic

    Liked · 89%Open world · FantasyAlso like ELDEN RING

  19. 19

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and dark fantasy

    Liked · 81%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING and The Witcher 3

  20. 20

    Gothic 1 Classic

    The Witcher 3, but gothic, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 93%Open world · MedievalAlso like ELDEN RING

  21. 21

    Salt and Sanctuary

    9 Years of Shadows, but a soulslike, and couch co-op

    Liked · 89%Metroidvania · PlatformerAlso like ELDEN RING

  22. 22

    Blasphemous 2

    9 Years of Shadows, but harder, and twice the hours

    Loved · 91%Metroidvania · Side ScrollerAlso like ELDEN RING

  23. 23

    Gothic 3 Classic

    The Witcher 3, but gothic

    Liked · 82%Medieval · Open worldAlso like ELDEN RING

  24. 24

    Black Myth: Wukong

    ELDEN RING, but steeped in myth, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Souls-like · Action RPGAlso like The Witcher 3

  25. 25

    FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich, and half the hours

    Liked · 83%Open world · Action RPGAlso like The Witcher 3

  26. 26

    Mortal Shell II

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 79%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like The Witcher 3

  27. 27

    ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

    ELDEN RING, but a metroidvania, and a quarter of the hours

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows and The Witcher 3

  28. 28

    Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

    The Witcher 3, but stealthy, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 93%Open world · FantasyAlso like ELDEN RING

  29. 29

    Lies of P

    ELDEN RING, but steampunk, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Souls-like · Dark FantasyAlso like The Witcher 3

  30. 30

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

    The Witcher 3, but loot-driven

    Liked · 88%Open world · FantasyAlso like 9 Years of Shadows and ELDEN RING

How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

None of your picks is on the list, nor a second release of one, nor a game of their own series. Up to 30 games are shown. Under each name, the kinds it shares with the pick it is closest to, and how it differs from that pick.